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dropa

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Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Mid dropum imbribus, An. Ox. 646. Geondgoten mid swátes dropum, Hml.

efen-lic

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Þrý hádas synt efenlice ( coaequales ), Angl. ii. 362, 12. Ne synd ná emlice þissere tíde þrowunga þám tóweardum wuldre non sunt condignae passiones hujus temporis ad futuram gloriam, Hml, A. 77, 109

hefe-lic

heavygraveseriousgrievousoppressivehard to dolaboriousgrievous

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I. 56, 17. hard to bear, grievous, oppressive Gewearð swíðe hefelic and swíðe wólberendlic geár, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 27. ꝥ Þæt heom hefelice ne þince þás þing, Angl. viii. 321, 43, 1083; P. 215, 25 (in Dict.). hard to do, laborious Gif hwylcum bréþer

Linked entries: hefig hefig-lic

hringan

(v.)
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To give out a sound [Sal. 266: B. 327 in Dict.] trans. to ring a bell Dó þú mid þínum twám handum swylce þú bellan ringe, Tech. ii. 118, 20. with cognate object Tácnu þænne hí hringað signa dum sonant, Angl. xiii. 392, 382.

middel

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Þ híw byð gecíged omoeuteleuton swá oft swá se middel and se ýtemesta dǽl geendað on gelícum stæfgefége, Angl. viii. 332, 13. the position of being among or surrounded by a number of people or within a town, &c. midst of Hé hleóp on ðone mere

sígan

(v.)
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</b> add :-- Geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke hwænne heó tó síge kyningum and crístenum folce tó wurðfulre blisse, Angl. viii. 326, 13. Add Ꝥ him síge ꝥ blód út þurh þone múð, Verc. Först. 110, 10

fyrmest

(adj.)
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fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Nembroð fyrmest wæs æt þǽre getimbrunge þǽre byrig Babilonian Nemroth condendae Babyloniae auctor exstiterat, Angl. vii. 40, 380. On þám geférscipe wǽran þá fyrmestan Mellitus, . . .

þrowing-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
þrowing-tíd, e; f.

the time at which a person suffered martyrdomthe anniversary of the time when some one suffered

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the time at which a person suffered martyrdom Fram ðissere worulde fruman óþ Xpes þrowungtíd, ðæt is six þúsend geára and .c. geára and lviii geára, Anglia xi. 7, 18. Weorðian wé on ðissum andweardan dæge Sancte Petres þrowungtíde, Blickl.

un-deádlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deádlíc, adj.

Immortalundyingimperishableendless

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Þurh undeádlíce worulda per immortalia secula, Anglia xi. 119, 77

rúmlíce

(adv.)
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rúmlíce, adv.

largely, fully,liberallygraciously, kindly, benignly

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Ðás þing rúmlíce gecýðan, Anglia viii. 303, 48. Ymbe ðás þing rúmlícor sprecan, 321, 36. Tó-dǽledlícor vel rúm[licor ?] differentius, Wrt.

Linked entry: rúm-líc

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name.

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

milisc

(adj.)
Grammar
milisc, adj.

Honeyedsweetmellowmulled

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(Melarium, pomarium melis (μηλoις), hoc est malis, consitum, Du Cange: the Anglo-Saxon glosser seems to connect the word with mel?.) Milisc æppel nicalalbum, 289, 74: ii. 60, 42. Ðære miliscan mulsæ, 32, 66: 54, 35. Myliscre, Hpt. Gl. 520, 39.

ge-reord

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ge-reord, speech.
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flýman feóndsceaðan when I must swallow wind from somebody's lungs, sometimes with my notes I summon men to the feast, sometimes with my voice I put foes to flight, Rä. 15, 16. a language, tongue Þurh ꝥ gereord (Hebrew) þe ǽrest Cóm on middanearde, Angl

and-weardnes

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Anweardnesse, 211, 15. action, operation Hit is on þæs Hǽlendes andweardnesse hwænne hé hit geendige in presentia Saluatoris est ipsum determinare, Wlfst. 243, 25: Angl. viii. 336, 16

be-hófian

(v.)
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Dele: 'DER. a-behófian,' and add: absolute Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode, Angl. xi. 113, 40. Swá geornlíce ús gebiddan swá wé behófedon. Hml. Th. i. 156, 14. with gen. Ic myltse behófige, Hml. S. 3, 558. Gé mín behófiað, 376.

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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Forþrihte fram cilde gecwedenum directo a puero prolato, Angl. xiii. 429, 914

ge-hende

(adj.; prep.)
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ge-hende, prep.
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Seó rǽding cwyð wel gehende þám ende, Angl. viii. 323, 32. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor stówlíce, Hml. Th. i. 106, 19. Seraphim sind Godes neáwiste gehendost, 346, 24.

ge-mótian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mótian, p. ode.
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to talk about; ge-mótian ymb (be) to discuss Ús þingð genóh ꝥ wé ymbe þæs bissextus wurðscipe habbað þus gemótod, and ymbe his geréna manega þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 308, 9.

Linked entry: mótian

ge-staþelfæstan

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Drihten gestaþolfgstige þé on his willan tó eallum gódum weorcum, Angl. xii. 516, 5. III. of non-material objects, to make effectual :-- Geðaeht ðæt hié ne maehtun gesteaðulfestian (-staþolfæston, Spl.) con-silia quae non potuerunt stabilire, Ps.

ge-wǽdian

(v.)
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Voc. i. 41, 25), Angl. xi. 171, 9. to clothe, a person Gwédon hine tunuc induerunt eum tunicam, Mt. L. 27, 28. Gewóedað hine induite illum, Lk. L. 15, 22. Gewéded uestitus, 8, 35. Hý gewǽdode ( vestiti ) resten, R.